Research & Development

March 1st, 2018 -- For those in the cannabis industry interested in the very latest scientific developments they will want to consider attending the upcoming Medicinal Cannabis Conference being held in Toronto, March 23 - 24, 2018, hosted by the International...

October 30th, 2017 - GW Pharmaceuticals and its U.S. Subsidiary Greenwich Biosciences Completes Rolling New Drug Application Submission to U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Epidiolex® (cannabidiol) in the Treatment of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Dravet...

August 12th, 2017 - A Vegreville Alberta research centre is on the cutting edge of a booming Canadian hemp industry one scientist predicts will be worth $1 billion annually within a few years.
That’s roughly five times the industrial hemp industry’s...

May 31st, 2017 - Medical researchers have confirmed what some desperate parents have been claiming for years—that a nonpsychoactive component of marijuana known as cannabidiol (CBD) can reduce epileptic seizures in some children.
Published in The New England...

May 17th, 2017 - The University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy is planting more hemp this year at the school’s Belknap Campus.
This is officially the center’s second hemp crop — the first was planted last August and yielded...

May 14, 2015 – A recent study conducted at New York University has found that cannabidiol is a safe, well-tolerated and effective treatment for two types of severe childhood epilepsy.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is an endocannabinoid found in cannabis and can be sourced...

April 27th, 2015 – As part of a $100 million lawsuit filed by Medical Marijuana Inc., over false claims in a “special report” from Project CBD, a top Colorado lab, Stewart Environmental has now settled.
Dr. Stuart Titus, CEO and President of Medical...

April 24th, 2015 - Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led by Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, who is known for discovering cannabidol (CBD), conducted a study that suggests that the therapeutic effects of Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound,...

April 17th, 2015 - A year ago CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta created a media sensation and surge of interest in medical marijuana with the release of his documentary series Weed 1 & 2. In these previous segments, Dr. Gupta apologized for his previous negative...